Coloradoâs redistricting plan upended by delayed Census results
Scripps
Posted at 3:25 PM, Feb 12, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-12 17:25:02-05
Critical U.S. Census data needed to redraw the lines of Coloradoâs congressional and legislative districts is severely delayed â and state leaders arenât sure what to do about it.
Colorado is constitutionally required to conduct the redistricting process in 2021. And the stateâs citizen commissions tasked with the job must submit proposed maps by Sept. 1 (congressional) and Sept. 15 (legislative). Only, Census officials say the data wonât be available until Sept. 30.
Itâs a result of pandemic-related delays and interference from the Trump administration, The New York Times reported.